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Oreoglanis
macropterus (Vinciguerra, 1890)

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Species Description:
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 3 - 4; Vertebrae:
37 - 41. Lower lip lacking a median notch and having an entire
posterior margin. Caudal fin emarginate. Male genital papilla
immediately behind the anus in a depression terminating posteriorly
with a straight transverse wall. Found in mountain streams.
Oreoglanis is distinguished from Glyptosternon,
Glaridoglanis, Euchiloglanis, Pareuchiloglanis
and Parachiloglanis by having a continuous post-labial
groove. It is distinguished from Pareuchiloglanis,
Glyptosternon, Euchiloglanis, Myersglanis,
and Parachiloglanis by having heterodont dentition
in the lower jaw characterized by an inner row of pointed teeth
and an outer row of short, spatulate (shovel-like) teeth (vs.
a single band of conical teeth). Oreoglanis is distinguished
from Pseudexostoma by having upper jaw teeth pointed,
in two patches, joined into a continuous band (vs. heterodont
dentition in two separated patches). It is distinguished from
Exostoma by having the upper jaw teeth pointed, in
two patches, joined into a continuous band (vs. having oar-shaped,
distally flatted teeth in two separated patches), and 16–18
(vs. 10–11) branched pectoralrays.